User codes with Mac drivers

[cobiray]

I haven't been able to locate it on my OS 9 box, but do any of the print drivers for the Macs support the embedded user codes? No, I haven't called pre sales yet.

[Vulkor]

Not Many are gonna want to even touch this subject Mate. Macs are unknown territory to many. I bet Unisys would know. He's the connected guy. I would imagine there would be support in OSX for sure, not thinking so for OS9. I find guide on installing, but nothing on supported features.

[KenB]

Here's a trick that should work:

Download the latest Windows version (Windows 2000 or XP) of the PostScript Driver, and install it on a Windows machine.

Check to see if there is a place for user codes - I'm not sure that all of them have it.

If so, print a test page, and make note of the exact PPD file that it uses.

Copy that PPD to the folder of your choice on the Mac.

Select that PPD when setting up the driver on the Mac. If using OS9, make sure that you use the AbobePS driver, and not LaserWriter. (OSX doesn't have this issue.) In either case., stay away from AppleTalk if at all possible, and use IP printing. Don't forget - there is no default queue, so that line must be populated with "lp" - lower case, no quotes.

PPDs aren't platform specific, so in theory it should work on PC, Mac. Linux, UNIX, etc...

[msaeger]

I know the OSX drivers support user codes I have customers using them. I can't tell you were it is without looking at the driver but yes you can use them.

[rthonpm]

To use User Codes in Mac PostScript drivers, when you go to print for the first time, change the Setting drop down to Job Log. at the bottom of the window is a check box to enable User Codes. Enter in the User Code and save the setting as something like Standard-1, which should be the first name it will try to give you. I'm sorry if the actual terminology is a little off. I just spent a couple hours last month trying to figure out how to enter codes for a school system in my territory. It's easy to do, but the GUI of the driver is completely different than the Windows PostScript driver.

[KenB]

To use User Codes in Mac PostScript drivers, when you go to print for the first time, change the Setting drop down to Job Log. at the bottom of the window is a check box to enable User Codes. Enter in the User Code and save the setting as something like Standard-1, which should be the first name it will try to give you. I'm sorry if the actual terminology is a little off. I just spent a couple hours last month trying to figure out how to enter codes for a school system in my territory. It's easy to do, but the GUI of the driver is completely different than the Windows PostScript driver.

True, the GUI is totally different, but the functionality is the same. That's just the nature of ppd files.

Using the Windows ppd in Mac OS9 is something that I used to do at least weekly with the Canon imagePASS C1 on the iRC3200. The ppd that was part of the Mac driver was downright dreadful; it couldn't access trays right, and all kinds of other issues. The Windows ppd worked like a champ, and all of the features were there.

[cobiray]

Glad to hear it works on OSX. I've got a school that had an Equitrac set up for printing and ditched it about 3 years ago. Now they want to monitor prints again. Looks like I'll be back out to show them how to use it. Thanks for the info guys.